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Harvard Square Hotel

2.0 star property

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1 bedroom, premium bedding, in-room safe, desk
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Reviews

8.4 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Pet-friendly
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Housekeeping
  • Air conditioning
  • Free WiFi

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110 Mount Auburn Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA, 02138
  • Harvard University
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Harvard Square
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Fenway Park
    ‪4 min drive‬
  • Boston, MA (BOS-Logan Intl.)
    ‪12 min drive‬

Room options

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1 bedroom, premium bedding, in-room safe, desk

Room, 1 King Bed

8.4 out of 10
Very good
(16 reviews)
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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1 bedroom, premium bedding, in-room safe, desk

Room, 2 Double Beds

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(16 reviews)
  • City view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

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1 bedroom, premium bedding, in-room safe, desk

Room, Accessible (One, Full)

  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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1 bedroom, premium bedding, in-room safe, desk

Room, 1 King Bed, Accessible

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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1 bedroom, premium bedding, in-room safe, desk

Room (One Full)

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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About the area

Cambridge

Harvard Square Hotel is centrally located in Cambridge, a 3-minute walk from Harvard University and a 4-minute drive from Boston University. .This hotel is 3 mi (4.8 km) from Fenway Park and 3.5 mi (5.7 km) from Northeastern University.

What's nearby

  • Harvard University - 3 min walk - 0.3 km
  • Harvard Square - 3 min walk - 0.3 km
  • Boston University - 3 min drive - 3.6 km
  • Fenway Park - 4 min drive - 4.6 km
  • TD Garden - 7 min drive - 5.4 km

Getting around

  • Harvard Square Station - 4 min walk
  • Union Square Station - 5 min drive
  • Logan International Airport (BOS) - 24 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Felipe's Taqueria - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Charlie's Kitchen - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Flour Bakery + Cafe - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Henrietta's Table - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Dunkin' - ‬2 min walk

About this property

Harvard Square Hotel

Hotel with a coffee shop, a quick walk to Harvard University
Harvard Square Hotel offers 73 accommodations with safes and designer toiletries. Beds feature premium bedding. Flat-screen televisions come with cable channels. Bathrooms include showers and hair dryers.

This Cambridge hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Additionally, rooms include irons/ironing boards and blackout drapes/curtains. Housekeeping is provided daily.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Make yourself at home in one of the 73 guestrooms featuring refrigerators and flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature designer toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks.
Make use of convenient amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and a vending machine.
Satisfy your appetite at the hotel's coffee shop/cafe, or stop in at the snack bar/deli.
Featured amenities include limo/town car service, express check-in, and express check-out. Self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.

Languages

Arabic, English, French, German, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Limo/town car service
  • Parking on site (USD 50 per night; includes in/out privileges)
  • Extended parking on site (USD 25 per night)
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • A coffee shop/cafe
  • Snack bar/deli

Family friendly

  • Free cot
  • In-room refrigerator
  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • ATM
  • Free newspapers in lobby
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk
  • Vending machine

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • 2 accessible parking spaces
  • Braille/raised signage
  • Front entrance ramp
  • Handrails in stairways
  • Lift (94 centimetre wide door)
  • Well-lit path to entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel

More

  • 4 floors
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Blackout drapes
  • Free cot
  • Premium bedding

Bathroom

  • Designer toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with cable channels

Food and drink

  • Refrigerator

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Connecting rooms available
  • Desk
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Laptop workspace
  • Phone
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 2:00 AM
Express check-in available

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM
Contactless check-out available
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 50 per pet, per stay (maximum USD 50.00 per stay), plus a deposit of USD 50 per stay
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Children up to the age of 18 years can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Free cribs are available on request at the property

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Self parking fee: USD 50 per night (in/out privileges)
  • Extended parking fee: USD 25 per night
  • Pet deposit: USD 50 per stay
  • Pet fee: USD 50 per pet, per stay (maximum USD 50.00 per stay)
  • Service animals are exempt from fees

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
Tax ID - C0014470490
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash

We should mention

The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation

Property is also known as

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Harvard Hotel Square
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Harvard Square Hotel Cambridge
Hotel Harvard
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Cambridge Harvard Square Hotel
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Harvard Square Hotel Reviews

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 261 out of 549 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 154 out of 549 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 90 out of 549 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 29 out of 549 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 15 out of 549 reviews

8.8/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

7.2/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Marisa

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

6/10 Okay

Mohamed

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Perfectly located property. Extremely not flexible with late checkout, they didn’t even allow us to add 30 mins.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

scott

Stayed 3 nights in May 2025

8/10 Good

Michael

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

6/10 Okay

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Cleaning staff was talking loud outside my door at 8:15 in the morning. I let the management know.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Tamami

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great place to stay if you need an access to Harvard
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Kara

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Always a good stay. Close to everything.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Monte

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location for Harvard Square and the beds are comfortable!
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

6/10 Okay

Susan

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Requested a 6:30 am wake-up call from the staff (man and woman) working the night shift, and I never got the call. Shower head needs to be replaced, it shoots knifelike daggers of water, can't be adjusted.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Heiryn

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Amazing
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

2/10 Terrible

Joshua

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
No A/C despite the listing saying it had A/C. I couldn’t sleep so I left before the end of my stay. They had the heater on in the spring with “no ability to change it.” I would have never paid hundreds of dollars to stay here if I knew it would be so untenable.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Ellen

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

6/10 Okay

Sara

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness
We were staying for the weekend as my daughter was running the marathon. Friday night was filled with children running up and down the hall yelling without any parental intervention. Saturday morning we, and several other guests in 2nd floor, let the front desk know we were ok with them kicking the loud family out. We had no further trouble. In fact, the front desk staff couldn’t have been more pleasant and helpful during our stay. Rooms are nice except that the floors are filthy. Hotel is in the heart of Harvard and many great dining options.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

4/10 Poor

Thomas

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
I was very upset to find out that this property only had heat or cool mode set for the entire hotel. The day we got there it was 80 degrees and they still kept the hotel on heat mode. I slept maybe a total of 4 hours every night I was there as I was sweating all night. Not ideal for someone that was going to run Boston Marathon. Basically ruined my weekend
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

6/10 Okay

Karen

Travelled with family

Meh.

The hotel is well located but the condition of our room was only so-so. The toilet paper holder had fallen off and no one seemed able to re-attach it. Pillows were all pretty stiff foam, and because we arrived when the weather was warm but before the hotel had switched to AC mode, our room was hot. We asked for a fan, it was promised, but never delivered.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Anne, Redondo Beach

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The rooms were okay - not huge, and no frills. The location was excellent and the staff was wonderful. Our first room had a leaky shower - would not stop dripping - and the front desk staff immediately switched us to a new room. The WiFi signal was fairly weak, and I had to use my hotspot most of the time.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Christy

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Vallerie

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

2/10 Terrible

Jose

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

KATHLEEN, WASHINGTON

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

4/10 Poor

David

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Robert

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

6/10 Okay

Scott V.

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025